nipping
adj. 刺骨的; 尖酸刻薄的; 夾住; 壓平
If you nip somewhere, usually somewhere nearby, you go there quickly or for a short time.
Should I nip out and get some groceries?...
要我趕緊出去一趟買些食品嗎?
Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him...
韋恩總是一溜煙跑到街角商店找他。
If an animal or person nips you, they bite you lightly or squeeze a piece of your skin between their finger and thumb.
I have known cases where dogs have nipped babies...
我知道有一些狗咬嬰兒的事情。
He nipped Billy's cheek with two rough fingers.
他用兩個粗糙的手指捏了捏比利的臉蛋。
A nip is a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink.
She had a habit of taking an occasional nip from a flask of cognac.
她有偶爾喝一小口乾邑的習慣。
1. capable of wounding;
2. pleasantly cold and invigorating;
Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him.
韋恩總是一溜煙跑到街角商店找他。
The postman ran away with the dog nipping at his heel.
郵遞員跑開了,狗在身後緊追著要咬他.
He's nipping when I came in.
我走進去時他正一小口一小口地抿酒呢。
The day was cold with a nipping wind down the northward running streets.
天氣很冷,向北面的街上颳起了一陣刺骨的冷風。
The gardener was nipping off the side shoots from his chrysanthemums.
園丁正在把菊花的邊芽掐掉.